Cephalotes borgmeieri
(Kempf, 1951)
valid
Paracryptocerus (Paracryptocerus) borgmeieri
Kempf, 1951:
211, fig. 147 (w.)
ARGENTINA (Misiones).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Argentina: Misiones, Iguazu (N. Kusnezov). Primary type depository: IMLT.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: IMLT, MZSP. Secondary type specimen: MZSP0084908.
Type notes:
Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 1 paratype worker in MZSP.
- Kempf, 1969: 285 (q.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 339 (s.)
- Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 385.
- Combination in Cephalotes: Baroni Urbani, 1998b: 323.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1958a: 15; Kempf, 1969: 285; Kempf, 1972b: 176; Brandão, 1991: 385; Bolton, 1995b: 424; De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 338 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 31; Oliveira et al., 2021: 24 (in list).
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1998b. The number of castes in ants, where major is smaller than minor and queens wear the shield of the soldiers. Insectes Sociaux 45:315-333.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
- De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 22:1-244. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1958a. New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1:1-168.
- Kempf, W. W. 1969. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. V. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 12:273-296. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Oliveira, A. M.; Powell, S.; Feitosa, R. M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65 (3):52 pp. e20210028. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 PDF
- Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF
- Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF
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